Identify opportunities for personal and collaborative action to address situations, events, issues or phenomena in ways that will contribute to a globally interconnected, environmentally sustainable and diverse society.
Assess and adjust options for action based on evidence and the potential for impact, taking into account varied perspectives and potential consequences for individuals, cultures, and ecosystems.
Contribute to the development of the local and global community based on an understanding of and respect for human needs and human dignity across cultures.
Act creatively and innovatively to raise awareness and advocate action among groups of peers and/or community members to contribute to improvement locally, regionally, or globally.
Can social media really make an impact in the world?
The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
Collective Intelligence/Collective Wisdom/Intelligence of the web James Surowiecki: When Social Media Became News (TED Talks)
James Surowiecki pinpoints the moment when social media became an equal player in the world of news-gathering: the 2005 tsunami, when YouTube video, blogs, IMs and txts carried the news -- and preserved moving personal stories from the tragedy.
Table of Contents
Take Action: Enact Global Solutions
Can social media really make an impact in the world?
Social Networking for Social Justice
25 Days to Make a Difference
WITNESS: See it. Film it. Change it.
What Kind of World Do You Want
Just Do One
Katherine Fulton: You are the Future of Philanthropy (TED)
Gordon Brown: Wiring a web for global good (TED)
James Nachtwey: Use my photographs to stop the worldwide XDR
One wish to change the world. Anyone inspired by the wish can help make it come true.
Photojournalist James Nachtwey sees his TED Prize wish come true.
Learn how to help at http://www.xdrtb.org
Collective Action for Collective Good
Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky
Clay Shirky discusses his book, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
At the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard - Collective action starts at 26:00
Clay Shirky on institutions vs. collaboration (TED)
Howard Rheingold on collaboration (TED)
Seth Godwin on the Tribes We Lead (TED Talks)
The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
Collective Intelligence/Collective Wisdom/Intelligence of the web
James Surowiecki: When Social Media Became News (TED Talks)
James Surowiecki pinpoints the moment when social media became an equal player in the world of news-gathering: the 2005 tsunami, when YouTube video, blogs, IMs and txts carried the news -- and preserved moving personal stories from the tragedy.